Chapter Text
"Playmates"
The castle had landed on a planet covered in snow for repairs. Fortunately, the repairs were indoors, but only Coran and Allura were doing them, which left the Paladins and Blades to entertain themselves. Pidge was attempting to upgrade her lion. Hunk was in the kitchen, cooking. Shiro was sitting in Black Lion, trying to strengthen their bond. Kolivan and Antok were sparring. Lance had snagged Keith, who had been wanting to go train. The Cuban teen dragged Keith outside into the snow. Lance picked up a handful of snow, formed it into a ball, and threw it at Keith. The snowball found its mark on Keith's red fighter pilot jacket. Keith glared at his rival and made a snowball. He reared back and threw it at Lance.
From safe inside the castle, Ulaz watched the Red and Blue Paladins playing in the snow. It was quite entertaining to watch the usually stoic Red Paladin play. Ulaz felt a weight against his back and knew Thace had joined him. "Look at these kits, Thace."
Thace looked out the window and chuckled lightly at the antics of the two Paladins. "You're ready to adopt Lance, aren't you?"
"Keith is already ours, and Lance is younger than him. I think Lance just might be what our kit needs."
"You think he needs a playmate?"
"Looking at them, it's kind of obvious."
Thace watched the Paladins throw snowballs at each other, laughing all the while, and smiled. "You know what, Ulaz, you might be right."
"I know." Ulaz leaned back against Thace, content to watch their two kits play together.
Fin